"In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger."

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Source : Mark Kurlansky (2013). “Choice Cuts”, p.24, Random House

Mark Kurlansky

#Pain Quotes #Plato Quotes #Food Quotes

“Barna is correct when he writes, "After fifteen years of diligent digging into the world around me, I have reached several conclusions about the future of the Christian church in America. The central conclusion is that the American church is dying due to lack of strong spiritual leadership. In this time of unprecedented opportunity and plentiful resources, the church is actually losing influence. The primary reason is the lack of leadership. Nothing is more important than leadership."7”

Source : Ed Stetzer, Mike Dodson (2007). “Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can Too”, p.14, B&H Publishing Group
“The place to find is within yourself.”
“If you knew that you only had one day to live, what would you think about-your car or favorite pair of shoes or would it be the more everyday joys that occupy your mind?”
“To the game I'm true like the sun first rose I'm real like my man Michael Jackson's first nose”
“Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.”
“How can you go wrong with playing around on a superhero show? Just the way that they do things and watching them do their thing was amazing to me. Also, superheroes are awesome!”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.”
“I don't know about Cricket but still I watch Cricket to see Sachin play..Not because I love his play, its because I want to know the reason why my country's production goes down by 5 percent when he is in batting”

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